7:20 PM,
Mar. 18, 2014

Washoe Lake is it looked in July, 1991 during the drought which lasted almost nine years. Slide mountain can be seen in the background.

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Marcella Corona

Nevada ranchers affected by the drought can now apply for financial help through April 18, officials from the Natural Resources Conservation Service announced in a news release Monday.

Local U.S. Department of Agriculture service centers will be accepting applications as part of an initiative, launched by the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, aimed at providing recovery efforts in areas with extreme drought.

The U.S. Drought Monitor reported that 34 percent of the state is in extreme drought and nearly 73 percent in severe drought. ...